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7301 BASS LAKE ROAD, CRYSTAL, MN 55428 | WWW.STRAPHAELCRYSTAL.ORG WORSHIP Weekday Masses Monday - Saturday: 8:00 am Wednesday: 6:30 am and 8:00 am First Friday: 7:00 pm Extraordinary Form Lan Weekend Masses Saturday: 5:30 pm Sunday: 8:30 am, 10:30 am CONTACT Fr. Michael Rudolph, Pastor x 205 [email protected] Fr. Robert Aler, Parochial Vicar x 206 [email protected] Parish Email: [email protected] Parish Phone: 763-537-8401 Parish Office Hours Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Friday: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm SACRAMENTS Reconciliaon Weekdays: 7:30 - 7:50 am Saturday: 7:30 - 7:50 am, 8:30 - 9:30 am, & 4:00 - 5:15 pm Marriage Please contact Fr. Rudolph. Bapsm Please contact the Parish Office. Faithful to the Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, St. Raphael Parish and School promotes the Universal Call to Holiness for all the People of God. MISSION STATEMENT DECEMBER 15, 2019 ADVENT CONFESSION OPPORTUNITIES This Advent at St. Raphael’s we are offering extra opportunies for the Sacrament of Reconciliaon. On Sundays, through December 22nd, confessions will be heard from 7:45 am to 8:15 am and then again from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. These Sunday opportunies for the recepon of the Sacrament of Reconciliaon are in addion to our regular weekday and Saturday Confession schedules. Because of these addional confession mes, we will not be having an Advent Parish Penance Service. ~ Fr. Rudolph

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7301 BASS LAKE ROAD, CRYSTAL, MN 55428 | WWW.STRAPHAELCRYSTA L.ORG

WORSHIP Weekday Masses

Monday - Saturday: 8:00 am Wednesday: 6:30 am and 8:00 am

First Friday: 7:00 pm Extraordinary Form La!n

Weekend Masses Saturday: 5:30 pm

Sunday: 8:30 am, 10:30 am

CONTACT Fr. Michael Rudolph, Pastor x 205

[email protected] Fr. Robert Al!er, Parochial Vicar x 206

[email protected] Parish Email: [email protected]

Parish Phone: 763-537-8401 Parish Office Hours

Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Friday: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

SACRAMENTS Reconcilia!on

Weekdays: 7:30 - 7:50 am Saturday: 7:30 - 7:50 am,

8:30 - 9:30 am, & 4:00 - 5:15 pm Marriage

Please contact Fr. Rudolph. Bap!sm

Please contact the Parish Office.

Faithful to the Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, St. Raphael Parish and School promotes the Universal Call to Holiness for all the People of God.

MISSION STATEMENT

D E C E M B E R 1 5 , 2 0 1 9

ADVENT CONFESSION OPPORTUNITIES

This Advent at St. Raphael’s we are offering extra opportuni!es for the Sacrament of Reconcilia!on.

On Sundays, through December 22nd, confessions will be heard from 7:45 am to 8:15 am and then again from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

These Sunday opportuni!es for the recep!on of the Sacrament of Reconcilia!on are in addi!on to our regular weekday and Saturday Confession schedules.

Because of these addi!onal confession !mes, we will not be having an Advent Parish Penance Service. ~ Fr. Rudolph

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PASTOR’S LETTER Advent and Silence…

Saint John the Bap!st has always been very popular. For example, here in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, there are six parishes named a$er him. Why is this? I think one reason is that the Chris!an faithful know deep down that the truth is

challenging. They rejoice in men and women who live the truth and speak the truth however unconven!onal or unpopular it may be, even to the point of dying for it. We are looking for uncompromising heroes. Saint John the Bap!st is such a hero.

In this Sunday’s Gospel (Ma%hew 11:2-11), Jesus says that Saint John the Bap!st is fulfilling the words of God through the Prophet Malachi: “Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare the way before you” (Malachi 3:1). Our Lord has high praise for this saint. He says, “Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Bap!st.” But then Our Lord goes on to say, “Yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” What’s that about? One thing I think Christ means is that—as great as St. John the Bap!st is—he is of the Old Covenant, and doesn’t have the spiritual resources available in the New Covenant, like the sacraments, the indwelling of the Holy Trinity and communion with the Mys!cal Body of Christ, the Church. Saint John the Bap!st was a great hero, but any Chris!an can become an even greater hero. Think about that for a while.

Throughout history—and in our day as well—there are many men and women who are heroically preparing the way for the Lord. I believe one of them is Cardinal Robert Sarah. The Cardinal grew up in the West African county of Guinea when it was being governed by a brutal, an!-Chris!an communist dictatorship. He was named a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 and was named the Prefect of the Congrega!on for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Francis in 2014, making him the Holy Father’s right-hand man for those aspects of the life of the Church. Cardinal Sarah has wri%en three incredible books: God or Nothing (2015), The Power of Silence (2016) and The Day is Now Far Spent (2019). I’m in the process of reading The Power of Silence for the second !me as I am going through it with a community of Lay Carmelites who meet here at St. Raphael’s each month.

Silence has a lot to do with the liturgical season we are now in, Advent. It’s meant to be a subdued !me, a peniten!al !me, a !me to wean ourselves from

distrac!ons that would take us away from being present to the arrival of Our Lord Jesus Christ—not only the celebra!on of his birth and his future second coming, but his constant presence in the here and now.

Noise can cause us to be deaf to the presence of God. It can cause us to be dazzled by mindless cha%er and so have our percep!ons distorted away from God and toward believing the lies of the devil. This danger of noise is reflected in the sub!tle of The Power of Silence, which is Against the Dictatorship of Noise.

Cardinal Sarah reminds us that God is enveloped in silence, is silent and speaks in silence. This doesn’t mean he ignores our human need for verbal communica!on. Jesus taught in his !me on earth; the four evangelists wrote the Gospels, missionaries have preached the faith, saints have wri%en books, parents have explained and preachers have preached. All that is necessary for us to get to know who God is, and what his plan is for each one of us. At the same !me, once we know who God is, we are called to get to know him personally. We can only do that in silence—both exterior and interior silence. This inten!onal silence on our part can be misunderstood. It’s not to make it possible for us to “hear” God speaking to us in our hearts with words. He can do that, and some!mes does, but the most important way he communicates to us is by making us aware of his loving presence.

If this is hard to understand, an analogy with human love may be helpful. When a man and woman are in love, what communicates that love more—something verbal like saying “I love you,” or something non-verbal, like a look of the eyes, a smile, holding hands, a kiss or an embrace? Saying “I love you” is certainly good, and even necessary in many rela!onships, but if that were the only way affec!on were expressed, the couple’s rela!onship would be sadly lacking, and would get boring fast.

It’s the same with God. He longs to share himself with us nonverbally, with us just enjoying his company. For that to happen, we need to meet the Silent One in silence. This Advent, let’s take some !me for that. And please read Cardinal Sarah’s The Power of Silence, to help make that silence as frui+ul as it can be.

Looking forward to the coming of the Lord with you, Father Rudolph

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PARISH DIRECTORY Parish Office: 763-537-8401

PRIESTS Pastor Fr. Michael Rudolph (x205) Parochial Vicar Fr. Robert Al!er (x206)

PARISH ADMINISTRATION Business Administrator Ginny Metzger (x202) Part-Time Administra!ve Assistant Sue Kubovec (x201) Administra!ve Assistant/ Bulle!n Editor Marie Nachtsheim (x222) Social Needs Coordinator Bunny Arseneau (x214) Crisis Pregnancy Hotline (x500)

FAITH FORMATION Family Discipleship Director Josh Stegman (x211) Youth Ministry & Confirma!on Coordinator Anna Scherber (x211) RCIA Coordinator Mary Jo Smith (x511)

WORSHIP Prayer Line (x528) Bulle!n Prayers for the Sick (x523) Adora!on Coordinator Be%y Kreuter (763-537-1399)

SCHOOL School Office: 763-504-9450 School Principal Cheryl Aviña (x352)

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PARISH INFORMATION

PARISH CALENDAR OF EVENTS

PASTORAL COUNCIL Jacob Nelson, Sharon Hedman, Mike

Vecellio, Roselyn Lawrence, Be%y Kreuter, Rose Pis!lli, Sco% Gregory &

Mario Chavez.

Pastoral Council Mee!ngs If you would like a par!cular item on

the next Parish Council agenda please contact Fr. Rudolph.

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE DECEMBER 1, 2019

Contribu!ons .............................. $13,437.76 Budget ........................................ $16,623.00 Building Fund ................................... $668.00 Budget .......................................... $1,419.00

Mr. J. Scholarship Fund ...................... $80.00

Monday, December 16 8:30 AM Reserved, Marian Hall 7:00 PM Schola Prac!ce, Choir Room Tuesday, December 17 9:45 AM Navarre Bible Study, Fr. Fenelon Room Wednesday, December 18 9:00 AM Cana Family, Fr. Fenelon Room

Wednesday, December 18 (con!nued)10:00 AM Grief Support, St. Thérèse Room 7:00 PM RCIA, St. Raphael Rm. 7:00 PM 8th & 9th ROC, JP II, Marian Hall, Youth Rm. Fr. Fenelon Room 7:30 PM Adult Choir, Choir Rm. Thursday, December 19 9:30 AM Fa!ma Prayer Cell, Fr. Fenelon Room 6:30 PM ACCL/Respect Life Mtg, St. Thérèse Room 7:00 PM Bell Choir, Church 7:00 PM St. Raphael Prayer Group, Marian Hall

Friday, December 20 6:00 PM Friday Open Youth Rm, Youth Room, JP II Saturday, December 21 No Scheduled Events 5:30 PM Cantor Sunday, December 22 7:45 AM Advent Addi!onal Confessions, Church 8:30 AM Cantor 10:30 AM Adult Choir

Sunday, December 22 (con!nued) 3:00 PM Advent Addi!onal Confessions, Church

Sunday, December 15 7:45 AM Advent Addi!onal Confessions, Church 8:00 AM Relevant Radio Informa!on Table Upper East Gathering Space 9:45 AM Catholic Q & A, Marian Hall 2:00 PM IGNITE Faith Forma!on, Parish Campus 3:00 PM Advent Addi!onal Confessions, Church 6:00 PM Squires, Marian Hall

IGNITE Family Faith Forma!on Sunday, December 15th

2:00 PM REMINDER: The next IGNITE Family Faith Forma!on session is today. Please check in before the 2:00 pm start !me in Marian Hall. Thank you!

YEAR-END CONTRIBUTIONS REMINDER:

All contribu!ons must be received at the parish on or before December 31, 2019 to be included on your 2019 contribu!on statement. If a contribu!on is received on or a$er January 1, 2020 it will be included on your 2020 year-end statement even if the check is dated prior to January 1, 2020. Thank you for your generosity!

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PRAYER & WORSHIP

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Monday December 16 8:00 AM + Carrie Ann Cota Tuesday December 17 8:00 AM Theresa Chandler Wednesday December 18 6:30 AM Jean Conroy 8:00 AM Dr. Lucinda Conroy Thursday December 19 8:00 AM Jack Olson Friday December 20 8:00 AM + Anthony Vetsch Saturday December 21 8:00 AM + Kathy Kline 5:30 PM St. Raphael Parishioners Sunday December 22 8:30 AM Paul Hedman 10:30 AM + Allen and + Jean Lund

PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION MASS INTENTIONS

Readings for the week of December 15, 2019

Sunday: Is 35:1-6a, 10/ Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 [Is 35:4]/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11 Monday: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a/Ps 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9 [4]/Mt 21:23-27 Tuesday: Gn 49:2, 8-10/Ps 72:1-2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 17 [cf. 7]/Mt 1:1-17 Wednesday: Jer 23:5-8/Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19 [cf. 7]/Mt 1:18-25 Thursday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17 [cf. 8]/Lk 1:5-25 Friday: Is 7:10-14/Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 [cf. 7c and 10b]/Lk 1:26-38 Saturday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/ Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21 [1a; 3a]/Lk 1:39-45 Next Sunday: Is 7:10-14/ Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [7c, 10b]/Rom 1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24 ©LPi

WEEKLY READINGS

PLEASE PRAY FOR... David Bjornquist Tom Bohlinger Mary Edlund

J.P. Ehlenz Andrew Eisenzimmer

Delores Ess Nichole Iverson

Helen Lilley David McMillen

John Noe

Kathy Osga Bridge%e O’Brien

Stephanie Mary Lou Wensman

Jeff Woodruff

To add a name for a six week period, please call 763-537-8401 x 523

"Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice. Indeed, the Lord is near.” ~ Phil 4:4, 5

Eucharis!c Adora!on

Contact: Be"y Kreuter at 763-537-1399

Today is Gaudete Sunday, a day to rejoice that the Messiah is near. This week, consider se=ng aside the anxie!es, worries, and tensions that come along with the secular and materialis!c views of Christmas by stopping at our Adora!on Chapel and spending an hour in quiet reflec!on, total awe and wonder of the special anniversary about to take place. Then take joy in the love Jesus bestows on you. Please also consider commi=ng to your own special hour of weekly Adora!on.

The following hours are open and in need of commi"ed Adorers:

WEDNESDAY: 4 - 5 AM THURSDAY: 4 - 5 AM FRIDAY: 10 - 11 PM (prayer partner requested) SATURDAY: 3 - 4 AM

If you are available and can help out as a sub during the Christmas and New Year’s

season (December 24, 2019 through January 5, 2020) there is a sign-up sheet on the counter in the Chapel lobby. Print your name, phone number and !me you would be available during these dates if you get called.

For informa!on or to add your name to our subs!tute list, please call or leave a message with Be%y Kreuter 763-537-1399 (h); 763-354-4796 (c).

Time with the Lord is precious; please help if you can.

Welcome Newly Bap!zed!

Nicole Kathleen Raymond Chiara Nelson

REMINDER: On the third Sunday of every month, our parish collects food and cash dona!ons for the NEAR Food

Shelf. The dona!ons may be placed in the sanctuary before or a$er Mass on collec!on Sunday. The next collec!on is December 15th. Cash dona!ons may be placed in any Sunday collec!on in an envelope marked NEAR.

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NEWS & EVENTS

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CATHOLIC Q & A December 15th

9:45 am in Marian Hall

The next session of Catholic Ques!ons & Answers with Fr. Al!er will be held on December 15th in Marian Hall at 9:45 am.

EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINES

Bulle!n announcements must be submi"ed to Marie Nachtsheim at [email protected]

December 29th bulle!n must be submi"ed by Wednesday, Dec. 18th. January 5th bulle!n must be submi"ed by Monday, Dec. 23rd. Thank you!

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE

Dona!ons Due TODAY

Thank you to all who purchased gi$s for the poor. Please remember to place your NEW, unwrapped gi$s under one of the trees (with the Star a"ached) by TODAY, December 15th. Your dona!ons go to local chari!es and parishioners in need. Thank you for your generosity!

If you have ques!ons, please contact either Mary Lacina at 763-566-4346 or Kathy Williams at 763-339-3961.

HELP WITH CHRISTMAS DECORATING! DECEMBER 22ND AFTER THE 10:30 AM MASS!

The environmental commi%ee needs your help in decora!ng the interior of the church for the Christmas holidays a$er the last Advent 10:30 am Mass on Sunday, December 22nd. We need any and all that are willing to help decorate. It will take about 2-3 hours. Please contact Teresa Esnough at [email protected] or Carol Esnough at [email protected] or 763-527-0529. Please give full name with an email or phone number to respond back to you with any updated informa!on. Thank you in advance for your help! Teresa Esnough

SENIOR RAPHAELITES (55+) January 22 - A$ernoon at the Museum

With Dessert and Coffee

Join us at the Maple Grove History Museum at 1:30 pm to learn about early se%lers and growth of this wonderful city.

A stroll through displays will rekindle memories of growing up, regardless of your hometown: school room, farm tools, general store, quil!ng and needlework, Veteran’s corner, Pierre Bo=neau, historic maps, and more. Members of the Maple Grove Preserva!on Society will join us to answer ques!ons about the extensive history of the area. Enjoy dessert and coffee during a story-rich video. The Maple Grove History Museum is located at: 9030 Forestview Lane N. (South Driveway). Event is free, but dona!ons are appreciated!

RSVP by January 15th to Sharon Reinert 612-242-3200.

GRIEVING? Our Grief Support Group meets the third Wednesday of each month. Our next mee!ng is Wednesday, December 18 at 10:00 am in the St. Therese Room. All are welcome!

To learn and live the Fa!ma message of Gospel living through prayer and forma!on, join St. Raphael’s World Apostolate of Fa!ma prayer group. We meet the 3rd Thursday of every month, 9:30 - 11:00 am. For more informa!on, call the Parish Office. Our next mee!ng is December 19th in the Fr. Fenelon Room.

“I promise salva!on to those who embrace devo!on to my Immaculate

Heart, and these souls will be loved by God like flowers placed by me to

adorn His throne.” ~Our Lady of Fa!ma, June 13, 1917

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ST. RAPHAEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL

CONTACT

YOUTH MINISTRY

Ques!ons? Contact Josh Stegman at: 952-818-1051 or [email protected]

Register for any youth events on the St. Raphael youth website: www.straphaelyouth.com

OPEN YOUTH ROOM

Open youth room is a !me of fellowship, fun, & games. JUNIOR HIGH: Tuesday, Dec. 17th from 2:20 - 5:00 PM

SENIOR HIGH: Wednesday, Dec. 18th from 5:00 - 6:45 PM ALL GRADES: December 20th from 6:00 - 10:00 PM

RITE OF CONFIRMATION (ROC)

These nights are required for all 8th-9th graders. ROC Classes for 8th & 9th Graders: December 18th from

7:00-8:15 PM. All classes are located in the church. No Youth Ministry or Confirma!on over Christmas Break

(December 25th and January 1st): Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

ROC Classes for 8th & 9th Graders: January 8th from 7:00-8:15 PM. All classes are located in the church.

CORE TEAM UPDATE

Core Team Mee!ng: January 12th from 6:00-9:00 pm. See you there!

With the upcoming Christmas season, people some!mes get concerned about making online purchases using their credit cards. Please consider using SCRIP Gi$ Cards (Amazon for example), to make your online Christmas purchases. Using gi$ cards makes your online shopping safer, while earning money for our school. Thank you for suppor!ng our school! SCRIP Desk Volunteers: December 21st: 5:30 pm Mass: Cindy V.

December 22nd: 8:30 am Mass: Henry H. 10:30 am Mass: Jackie J.

The last day to collect toys for the St. Raphael School Toy Drive is December 20th. If you would like to contribute to this student service event please bring your dona!on to the school or call the school office at 763-504-9450. Thank you!

The Knights of Columbus Council 3656 is sponsoring our annual Keep Christ in Christ-mas Poster Contest. Please contact David Johnson at St. Raphael School 763-504-9450, or email him at [email protected] for more informa!on before December 31, 2019.

All are invited to the St. Raphael School Christmas Concert! Thursday, December 19th at 6:00 PM

in the St. Raphael School Gym

Please come join us and listen to the school children sing a variety of

Christmas carols!

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SPOTLIGHT EVENTS

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SAINT OF THE DAY - BLESSED VIRGINIA CENTURIONE-BRACELLI Virginia was born in Italy in 1587. She had a sense of a voca!on to the religious life from an early age, but she was unable to convince her parents of this, and at the age of fi$een was married to Caspar Bracelli. The marriage was a very unhappy one; Caspar had a number of evil habits. He died only five years later. Virginia had tried to reconcile him to God and had taken care of him during his final illness. On the day of his death, she made a vow of celibacy and was determined to spend the rest of her life bringing up her two young daughters and helping people in distress. At this !me, northern Italy suffered from con!nual warfare and people were in misery. Virginia saw a small girl abandoned and lying in the street. She took her home, knowing that poor girls were at par!cular risk, o$en humiliated and exploited and with li%le hope of survival other than as pros!tutes. She found other girls in the same predicament and started a school for them. When her own daughters grew up and married, Virginia devoted all her !me and financial resources to the school and founded the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to provide teachers for it. She went on to found three more schools for poor girls. She died on December 15, 1651 and was bea!fied by Saint John Paul II on September 22, 1985. Blessed Virginia Centurione-Bracelli, pray for us! (Excerpted and adapted with permission of the Publisher from Butler’s Lives of the Saints, New Full Edi!on ©Paul Burns 2003, Published by Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN)

Relevant Radio® will be here December 14/15

Relevant Radio® 1330 AM will be visi!ng St. Raphael Catholic Church December 14/15. You can learn more about this dynamic Catholic media apostolate if you stop by their table a#er Mass. Did you know the !me you spend driving in your car can be an opportunity to grow in faith this Advent? Simply tune to 1330 AM. You’ll find inspiring, upli#ing conversa!on that bridges the gap between faith and everyday life. You can also download the free Relevant Radio® mobile app and take your faith with you wherever you go! Relevant Radio features fresh and compelling talk radio for Catholic life. Fuel your drive with spiritual nourishment this Advent!

HE IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD! The celebra!on of the birth of Christ is global, and EWTN brings you special programming throughout the season. Experience Mass in Italy at the Va!can, enjoy concerts from Europe, and visit sacred sites in the Holy Land.

Enrich your faith: tune into EWTN this Christmas season!

Visit ewtn.com for programming details.

REACHING FOR FAITH Can you help pass out books a$er

Christmas Masses?

The Church of St. Raphael is gi$ing books a$er all Christmas Masses this year. The book, Rediscover the Saints, by Ma%hew Kelly, serves to inspire Chris!ans to take their next step forward in friendship with Jesus! Would you be available (for about 15 minutes) to help us hand out the books a$er which ever Mass you a%end?

Christmas Mass !mes are: Christmas Eve - 4:00 pm & 10:00 pm Christmas Day - 8:30 am & 10:30 am

If you have any ques!ons about the Reaching For Faith Group or to volunteer to help hand out books a$er Mass, please call Phil Rief at 612-280-4565 or email him at: [email protected]

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